Onitsha

O·nit·sha
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proper noun

A city in Anambra State, Nigeria, located on the eastern bank of the Niger river.

OriginIgbo Ọ̀nị̀chà →
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Meanings

proper noun
  1. A city in Anambra State, Nigeria, located on the eastern bank of the Niger river.

    He tells them […] that they must leave before noon so that they’ll arrive in Onitsha by tomorrow morning.

    2023, Stephen Buoro, The Five Sorrowful Mysteries of Andy Africa, Bloomsbury Circus, page 288

Origin

  1. IgboỌ̀nị̀chà
  2. EnglishOnitsha

Borrowed from Igbo Ọ̀nị̀chà.

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APA

Onitsha. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Onitsha

MLA

“Onitsha.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Onitsha. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “Onitsha,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/Onitsha.

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